solar roof Articles
-
Inauguration of an innovative foldable solar roof in Switzerland
Since September 7, 2017, an innovative solar roof of the public utility “IBC Energie Wasser Chur” has supplied the municipal sewage treatment plant with renewable energy. HORIZON is a movable light weight construction system which can be folded and is based on ropeway technology. The modules can be retracted automatically and thus are best protected against storm, snow and hail. ...
-
Oak Ridge Solar Park, TN - Ground-Mounted Tracker Projects - Case Study
The dual-axis-tracker project in the Oak Ridge Heritage Center is part of the worldwide “dena Solar Roofs Program” coordinated by Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - the German Energy Agency - and co-financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) within the initiative „renewables – Made in Germany“. The “dena Solar Roofs ...
-
Flexible Thin-Film Solar Panels - Coca-Cola - Case Study
UNI-SOLAR’S flexible thin-film solar panels were used to create a new, lighter-weight, single-ply roofing membrane for CCE’s bottling facility. The new system combined 128-watt photovoltaic modules capable of producing 100 kilowatts of clean power from the sun daily, for every 28,000 square feet of roofing material installed. This capacity is critically important during peak hours ...
-
Nordseter School, Norway - Case Study
The secondary school building at Nordseter School in Oslo has been upgraded from a tired 60s building to a modern and environmentally friendly school building that both contractor, client and school students can be proud of. The building is equipped with 625 square meters of solar panels on the roof and a total of 374 square meters of vertical solar cells on two of the facades. The solar panels ...
By Racell
-
Another historic moment: solar roof system beats market price
The strength of solar technology is currently producing historical moments in series - globally and nationally. Now it is a German roof system that has beaten the solar market price on the fossil / nuclear brutally distorted electricity exchange. MaxSolar has set up a 6.5 MWp roof system at the Pirelli European headquarters in Dieburg - a complex system on a distribution center with a high flat ...
-
Closing The California Clean Energy Divide
Reducing Electric Bills in Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing with Solar+Storage Executive Summary BATTERY STORAGE IS EMERGING AS AN effective new strategy for reducing electricity costs for affordable multifamily rental housing in California. Battery storage systems not only provide economic returns today, they can also preserve the value of solar in an evolving policy and regulatory ...
-
Westside Baptist Church Power Production Management Project - Case Study
Challenge Westside Baptist Church wanted to utilize unused roof space on two large buildings. Solution 315 kilowatts of solar was installed in an agreement to rent their roof to solar investors. Result Westside receives thousands of dollars each year in compensation from investors and reinvests in program ...
-
Case study - Glass Roof
Glass roof - Donnington Park Hotel System kWp: 7.68 Area: 86 m2 Inverter: Fronius IG Plus 60V-1 Modules Used: PS-CT-64 20% transparent Polysolar helped design a fully integrated transparent PV roof on a new build garage in Leicestershire using our new PS-CT 20% transparent panels and GB-SOL RIS system. Objective: Provide a fully integrated transparent solar PV roof on a new build garage to ...
-
Integrity Building Corp Mesa, Arizona
“IBC’s project is a great example of how a small business can realize the benefits of a PV power system. Not only will they save money on their utility bill by generating their own solar electricity, but they also significantly increased the value of their property.” Sean Seitz, president of American Solar Electric. Unique Feature: The system has generated more energy than ...
-
Robert Kennedy Jr. goes solar with NRG Home Solar
When Robert Kennedy Jr. moved to his Malibu, California home he wanted to put solar panels on his roof as quickly as possible. “We have a big household – we have seven children. My kids always have friends here so there is a lot going on at this house and there is substantial energy used.” There were several reasons he wanted to go solar. “You’re doing something ...
-
Solar potential for the solar photovoltaic roof integration system in China explored by the geographic information system
This paper estimates the potential solar power for the solar photovoltaic Roof Integration System (RIS) using the Geographic Information System (GIS) method, taking into account the geographic distribution of solar irradiation and the estimate of costs for the RIS and identifies the distribution of potential solar energy radiating on the RIS and power. The total urban roof area is estimated to be ...
-
2.4MW Roof Mounted Photovoltaic Systems Install Hawaii Airport Case Study
The State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division has partnered with REC Solar to install roof mounted photovoltaic systems at their two largest facilities–Honolulu International and Kahului Airports. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, in conjunction with the State of Hawaii and The US Department of Energy, have set goals to achieve an astounding 70% clean energy by ...
By Sollega, Inc
-
5 Things to Know Before Going Solar
The US Department of Energy predicts that 3.8 million homes will be solar-powered by 2020. Are you thinking about going solar? Here are 5 questions to consider before making the leap. What incentives are available? Solar has become affordable in recent years, with payment options now offered to homeowners based on tax incentives and legislation on a state-by-state basis. To close out 2015, the ...
-
The Solar Industry Keeps Growing
For the last 10 years, Roller Die + Forming has been making parts for solar racking companies. We’ve watched the solar electricity industry grow from its infancy to helping put solar on roofs, in fields, and in huge solar farms. Since the introduction of the Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) in 2005, and its subsequent extensions, the installation of solar in residential, commercial, and ...
-
The steps for installing a solar racking system
You’ve decided to go solar and plan to install a solar PV system on your rooftop. Let’s get into the necessary steps needed to install the solar racking system onto your roof in order to start reaping the benefits of your new solar-paneled roof. First, you need to make sure that your roof is strong enough for solar installation and to support the weight of the solar panels. ...
By KB Racking
-
NREL Shade Study Released
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) just released a study validating HelioScope’s 3D shade-modeling engine for remote applications. The study was designed to compare the remote shade modeling results from HelioScope against the on-site shade readings from two separate Solmetric Sun-Eye devices. Averaged across 85 roof locations in a variety of geographies and roof conditions, ...
By Folsom Labs
-
Bentley Motors Installs ‘UK’s Largest’ Rooftop Solar System – April 12th, 2013
Car manufacturer Bentley, a customer of Envantage Ltd is upping its green credentials and installing what it claims is the largest roof mounted solar system in the UK. The 5MW project will include 20,000 solar panels and cover 2.45 hectares of roof space at Bentley Motor’s factory in Crewe (pictured). It is expected to generate up to 40% of Bentley’s energy requirements at peak ...
-
Double nomination for AES Solar
AN installation handled by our team at AES Solar is in the running for a national award. And we are also delighted to have been selected as a finalist for a local business award too. We will find out if our installation for Craigdon Mountain Sports at the Pentland Outdoor Centre in Edinburgh has won the Sustainable Scotland Award in The Green Energy Awards at a glittering ceremony on December ...
By AES Ltd
-
Thin-Flim, Lightweight and Building Integrated Solar Panels - Tesco | Fresh + Easy - Case Study
UNI-SOLAR’S thin-flim, lightweight and building integrated solar panels were a perfect solution for the 820,400 square-foot distribution center. At 500,000 square feet, the solar panel installation by UNI-SOLAR is the size of five football fields and is considered to be one of the largest roof-mounted solar installations in North America. Rated at 2,693 MWh per annum, the system is ...
-
Innovators 'home' in on energy
Fortunately for the rest of us, some people missed the message, the one that says we’re in an economic slide so slippery there is no climbing back up. I had a chance to speak to several of these optimists recently. No, they are not members of the Pollyanna Club; they are green energy entrepreneurs, those who are innovating and growing companies as the rest of the world downsizes. (See ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you